Wireless power supply system and power transmission device

Abstract

A wireless power supply system includes a power transmission device having a power transmission coil and a power receiving device having a power receiving coil. The power receiving device calculates a first efficiency based on a transmission power command value and the electric power supplied to the battery. The power transmission device calculates a second efficiency based on a phase difference between a voltage and a current supplied to the power transmission coil. The power transmission device controls electric power supplied to the power transmission coil according to the transmission power command value, and regulate the electric power supplied to the power transmission coil when the first efficiency falls to a predetermined first threshold efficiency or less or when the second efficiency falls to a predetermined second threshold efficiency or less.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A wireless power supply system comprising a power transmission device provided on a ground side and having a power transmission coil, and a power receiving device provided in a vehicle and having a power receiving coil, the power transmission coil transmitting electric power to the power receiving coil via a wireless connection, so as to supply the electric power to an electrical load installed in the power receiving device, the power receiving device including:
 a first efficiency calculator configured to calculate a first efficiency based on a transmission power command value and the electric power supplied to the electrical load; and 
 a switching controller configured to stop supplying the electric power received by the power receiving coil to the electrical load when the first efficiency falls to a predetermined first threshold efficiency or less, 
 the power transmission device including:
 a second efficiency calculator configured to calculate a second efficiency based on a phase difference between a voltage and a current supplied to the power transmission coil; and 
 power controller configured to control electric power supplied to the power transmission coil according to the transmission power command value, and regulate the electric power supplied to the power transmission coil when the second efficiency falls to a predetermined second threshold efficiency or less when electric power supplied to the electrical load is stopped by the switching controller. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The wireless power supply system according to  claim 1 , wherein the power controller corrects the transmission power command value based on the first efficiency when the power controller obtains the first efficiency, and corrects the transmission power command value based on the second efficiency when the second efficiency calculator calculates the second efficiency. 
     
     
       3. The wireless power supply system according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the power transmission device includes a power transmission-side communication unit that communicates with the power receiving device, and the power receiving device includes a power receiving-side communication unit that communicates with the power transmission device; 
 the first efficiency calculator is provided in the power receiving device, and calculates the first efficiency based on a voltage and a current supplied to the electrical load; 
 the power receiving-side communication unit transmits the first efficiency to the power transmission-side communication unit in a second cycle; and 
 the second efficiency calculator calculates the second efficiency in a first cycle shorter than the second cycle.